Our new vacuum... totally SUCKS!

You can tell that I must be a married lady... I'm writing about vacuum cleaners. Thanks to free shipping, an additional 10% off, Macy's Home Sale, and multiple gift cards, I'm now the proud owner of a new Dyson.

When I first moved to New York City, I remember how much buying my first vacuum made me feel all grown up. That little dinky Eureka upright is now our "backup" and lives downstairs- hopefully it will start to suck again, now that I changed the filter. Even more than buying a condo and becoming a homeowner, it was the simple principle that I OWNED A VACUUM that made me feel like an adult.

But on to more important things! It's like I went from a rusty Datsun to a Lexus. I'm now a married lady and pushing around the Lexus of vacuum cleaners.

It arrived yesterday, and naturally, the first thing I did was vacuum our entire upstairs. No hoses, just the floor cleaners. The nice thing about my old vacuum was that I only had to empty the canister a few times a year. My new vacuum? I filled the entire container JUST vacuuming our rugs upstairs. Inspiring that our vacuum sucks so much, or scary that there is just so much dirt and dust to suck?

First year in my apartment!

I closed on my apartment a year ago (which was also one year after going into contract)

What an adventure it was to move everything myself (from across the street) when my movers never showed up!

I had a lot of time to imagine colors and furniture arrangements

It certainly is a pleasure coming home every day!

The light at sunset is amazing.  What an exciting year it has been

Talk about a multi-purpose kitchen

Believe it or not, this is my refrigerator.  On the right is a series of "humorous" postcards from the CFA institute that are supposed to help keep a light perspective about the amount of time you must commit to studying.

A New York City map (House Number and Transit Guide) of Manhattan circa 1942.

My house is covered in post-it labels.  At the bottom are the days of the week.

For those wondering, we are in the "kitchen" and now I know how to count to 10.

Yummy.

Snowy-ness

Okay, this picture is from yesterday.  Central Park looked much prettier, but I can't see the park from my apartment window.  Instead we have to settle for the cliffs of New Jersey across the Hudson, if it weren't snowing and you could actually see across the river.